The German new car market slid by 4.3 percent last month, however Fiat Automobiles was able to ride out the decline to see its sales remain flat and actually be one of just six brands that ended the month up year-on-year, albeit by 0.1 percent

While its domestic sales and market share continued to slide unabated last month there was however a small bright spot as Chrysler Group sold 11,465 vehicles outside North America in January adding up to a year-on-year increase of 9 percent

Fiat turned in an impressive January’s sales in the UK, almost 4,000 units meaning its sales jumped 68.95 percent year-on-year which was in fact more than double the growth of the overall market which itself was up a healthy 28.9 percent

With the Italian government hinting this week that it might drop stimulus packages for the automotive sector Fiat Group CEO Sergio Marchionne has said in a statement today that he would "fully support" any decision to withdraw eco-incentives

Fiat Automobiles is joining forces once again with the official Yamaha team for the 2010 season of the MotoGP World Championship, coming after the last two seasons, 2008 and 2009, saw the Fiat Yamaha Team taking a clean sweep of titles

More than 550 Ferrari and Maserati owners saw the Australian debut of the latest models from both companies, the 458 Italia and GranCabrio respectively, flown in especially for a gala evening to mark the inauguration of Ferrari Maserati Sydney

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Inauguration of Ferrari Maserati Sydney including the local debut of the Ferrari 458 Italia and Masearti GranCabrio and guests including Ferrari CEO Felisa Amedeo and Maserati Global Corporate Director Raffaele Fusilli

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat Yamaha Team 2010 official launch and new livery presentation at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia ahead of a two-day MotoGP test (I): Fiat Automobiles CEO Lorenzo Sistino

Fiat has been hit by a strike that halted production across its Italian factories as the fight to save the Termini Imerese plant in Sicily continues to ratchet up, with Economy Minister Scajola hinting that the government could end auto incentives

After Sebastien Buemi drove for the opening two days of the first winter test session in Valencia, yesterday's final day on track saw team mate Jaime Alguersuari get his turn in the Faenza-based Toro Rosso's new Ferrari-powered STR5

Lamborghini has inaugurated a new photovoltaic system installed at its premises; the biggest integrated system in Emilia Romagna’s industrial sector will enable, together with other interventions, an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 30 percent

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat Yamaha Team 2010 official launch and new livery presentation at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia ahead of a two-day MotoGP test (I): Jorge Lorenzo interview

At 6:30 PM yesterday Fernando Alonso’s first day as an official Scuderia Ferrari came to an end, that was when the Spanish driver left the circuit at the end of an intense day with lots of work done, surrounded by huge interest and incredible sensations

ItaliaspeedTV: Fiat Yamaha Team 2010 official launch and new livery presentation at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia ahead of a two-day MotoGP test (I): Valentino Rossi interview

Chrysler Group's sales continued to slide in the U.S. during January, with 57,143 units registered the part Fiat owned carmaker was down 8.0 percent year-on-year while the overall market rose again, up 6.3 percent on the same month a year ago

Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa on a visit to Australia has outlined a number of future developments including green light for a 458 Spider and that the hybrid 599 to be shown in Geneva isn't destined for production although a GTO version is on the way

After two days with Felipe Massa behind the wheel of the F10 it’s Fernando Alonso’s day today the Spanish driver finally making his official debut behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 single-seater this morning in front of a huge media scrum

Serbian national mobile phone operator Vip mobile has taken delivery of a fleet of forty Fiat Punto Classic models for official used that are powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) produced in the Kragujevac factory of Fiat Automobili Srbija

With the Ferrari 458 Italia and Maserati GranCabrio flown in specially for the occasion, the new Ferrari Maserati Sydney dealership officially opening its doors today providing the city with levels of service and facilities on a par with anywhere in the world

The second day of official F1 testing at Valencia on Tuesday saw another positive day's work for Scuderia Ferrari running alongside six of the other teams with Felipe Massa again positing the fastest time of the day in the new F10

ItaliaspeedTV: Official Launch of the new Ferrari-powered Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5 single-seater at Valencia on Monday, including interviews with drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari and Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli

Fiat Group has made a very strong start to the year in Italy with sales up 30.22 percent year-on-year during January, as well as month-on-month, as all three Fiat Group Automobiles brands, Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, posted volume gains

The brand-new Ferrari F10 turned its wheel for the first time yesterday and by the end of the opening day's action of F1 testing in Valencia Felipe Massa, who was fresh from trying the 599 XX on the track the day before, was the fastest driver

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Felipe Massa on-track at the Valencia circuit with the new Ferrari F10 single-seater (Monday) and with the Ferrari 599 XX (Sunday)

Scuderia Toro Rosso launched its new Ferrari-powered 2010 F1 single-seater yesterday in Valencia, the STR5 being significant as it is the first car to be built entirely in-house by the Faenza-based team since it was bought out by Red Bull